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Caitlin MacNeal

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Caitlin MacNeal is a News Writer based in Washington, D.C. Before joining TPM, Caitlin interned and wrote for the Huffington Post, the Sunlight Foundation and Slate. She is a graduate of Georgetown University.

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) on Sunday turned to the responses of some liberals to his indictment for public corruption in order to defend himself.

"Let me just share with you: David Axelrod said this was a very 'sketchy' indictment. Professor Dershowitz, who is not exactly my cheerleader, said that it was outrageous," Perry said on "Fox News Sunday," according to Mediaite. "So I think across the board you're seeing people weigh in and reflecting that this is way outside of the norm."

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) on Sunday said he did not approve of the decision by police to release the video that allegedly shows Michael Brown robbing a convenience store.

"We were unaware they were going to release it it," Nixon said on ABC's "This Week" about the video. "We certainly were not happy with that being released, especially in the way that it was. It appeared to cast dispersions (sic) on a young man that was gunned down in the street. It made emotions raw."

As a small group of protesters defied the curfew in Ferguson imposed by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D), one person was shot and seven were arrested, according to news reports.

An unidentified man was shot by an unknown individual and was in critical condition early Sunday morning. As police came to the aid of the gunshot victim, the police car was shot at, Missouri Highway Patrol Capt. Ronald Johnson told reporters. Police said that it did not appear that a police officer shot the victim.

Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R) on Thursday filed a legal challenge of the U.S. Senate primary election results in court.

"Republicans did not elect the nominee on June 24," McDaniel said in a statement, according to the Clarion-Ledger. "So we are excited for the opportunity for Republicans to reclaim their primary process."

The freshmen of Howard University, a historically black college in Washington, D.C., responded to the death of Michael Brown with a powerful photo on Wednesday.

Khalil Saadiq, a member of the Howard University Student Association, organized the photo of students with their hands in the air in order to pay tribute to the teen in Ferguson, Mo., 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by police this weekend, according to Yahoo News.